Web or film feeding mechanism.



J. URIE. WEB OR FILM FEEDING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION III'LED APE.5. 1911 Patented Nov. 5, `191.2.

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J. URIE. WBB 0B. FILM EEDING MEGHANISM.

, APPLIOATION FILED APR.6.1911.

43,275 Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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JOHN URIE, E

ellyi'whom it may conc-ern:

BAYGNNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSGNOR, MENTS, TO LUDWIG G. B. ERB AND JOSEPH A. GOLDEN.

wien on FILM rniiniire Miieiiairisir.

. Be it known that I, JOHN Uni/ri, a subject of the King et Great Britain, and a resident of Bayonne, in the county 'of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved. Teb or Film Feeding Mechav'- nism, of whichtlie following is a full, clear,

and exactA description.

' i The invention relatesitopictui'e making or ilm feeding mechanism,

and picture projecting machines, and its object is to provide a newI and improved web arranged to per- ,mit proper feeding of the web or film and attlie same time allow an accurate taking or .projecting of the p'etures Without 'jerk or jar of the ilm or web, .thus avoiding the undesirable flicker of the picture projected on the screen as heretofore produced. For the purpose mentioned vuse is made of a carriage provided with feeding means for the web or f film, and a revoluble cam mechanism for imtoa camera for parting reciprocating motion to thel said carriage.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part o'li this specification, in

which similar' characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation ofl the web or film feeding mechanism applied. taking series pictures, the section being on tlie'line 1-1 oi Fig. 2; Fig.

2 is a transverse section of the same on the l' -line 2-2 of Fig. 1 -Fig. 8 i's a plan` view of y ing-motion'to the carriage; and Fig.

the carriage; Fig. l'is a face view of the same; Fig. 5 iis a side.elevation otono oi' the revoluble cams for imparting a reciprocat- 6 is a Sectional plan view of part of the gearing I as applied f deviating of thecliamber 'shutter C, provided with an' opening C for. rotating the cams, the section being on thelino (3-6 lor Fig. 2.

Tl' e film-feeding meclianisni is illustrated to the main :trame A oi a camera for making series pictures, but it is eX? pressly understood that the film-feeding dei vice may beamed on f iicture-projecting machines or other opt-ical apparatus, without from the invention.

On the mainframe B opposite anopiing A2 in the rear wall containing a revoluble adapted to intermittently register with the opening A2, as hereinaftermorefully eX-` plained. On the outer surface of the Wall A Specification of Letters Patent. pplcaton led'n'pril 541911..v Serial No. 619,030.

lin Fig. l. c'iprocate in a vert-ical direction in the rear A is mounted. the lens .a-

'or yotherfme Patented N ov. 5, il 91,2.

:ofI the 'chamber A is arranged a verticallydisposed guideway A2 for guiding the web or film D pastthe opening A2, the said web D unwinding from a suitable spool E and winding upv on a spool E, the spools being jo-urnaled on the main frame A, as indicated A carriage ll is mounted. to reo the chamber A', and on the said carriage F are jouriialed an upper pair of feed rollers G, G and a lower pair of feed rollers G2, G3, for imparting a continuous traveling mot-ion to the web or film A' ypair of driven guide rolls H, Il are mounted on the frame A intermediate tliespool E, and the pair of feed rollers G, G", and a similar pair of guide rolls H2, H3 journaled on the lower portion of the main frame A are interposed between the windingl up spool E and the lower pair ot'feed rollers G2, G2.

ln order 4 to impart and up and down sliding motion to ythecarriagel F, the latter is provided at theA top and bottom with frietion rollers F, E2 engaged by revoluble cams I and I mounted to turn on bearings J, J heidiv on a verticallydisposed guide-.rod J2,

BY DIRECT ANI) MESNE ASSIGN- which in conjunction with another guide rod three-eighths of an inch on the upstroke and a like distance on the downstroke. The' cams I and I arefprovidedwith gear wheels I2, I, in mesh with vear wheels K, K attached to a vertically-disposed shaft K2 journaled in 'suitable bearings arranged onthe top and bottom of the main frame A. On thesliatt 42j is` secured Va* spiral gear .wheel K3 vin in eshl with a' like wheelK44 'at- ,tachedlo main'ps'hagttK, connected with' with `afvi'e'vv tol impart down direction. The

an up and down sliding motion to the carriage F.

On the main shaft K5 is secured a spiral gear wheel L in mesh with a similar gear wheel L secured on a short shaft L2 journaled in a bracket A3 attached to the main frame A, and on the shaft L2. is secured a gear Wheel L3 in mesh with a 'gear wheel L4 secured lon a vertical shaft L5, journaled in bearings on the main frame A. The shaft L also forms part of the guideway for the carriage F to slide on up and ldown. Spiral gear wheels N and N mounted to turn with and slide on the vertical shaft L5 mesh with -similar gear Wheels N2, N5 secured on the shafts G, G5, carrying the feed rollers G and G2, so that when the shaft L5 p is rotated a rotary mot-ion is given` to the said feed rollers G and G2 which in turn rotate their mates G and G3 by gear Wheels N4, N5 secured on the shafts of the corresponding feed rollers G, G and G2, G3 (see Fig. 2).

The revoluble shutter C. is driven from the main shaft K5 and forthis purpose the following arrangement is made: A spiral gear wheel O is in mesh with the gear wheel L and is secured on a shaft O journaled on the main frame A and carrying a spiral gear Wheel O2 in mesh with a similar gear wheel O3 attached to the lower end of a shaft O extending into the chamber A and journaled in suitable bearings on the said chamber and the main frame A. On the shaft O4 is secured a spiral gear wheel O5 in mesh with a similar gear wheel O secured on the shaft C2 of the shutter C, so that when the machine is running a rotary motion is given to the shutter C in unison with the reciprocating motion given to the carriage F and the turning motion given to the pairs of feed rollers G, G and G2, G3. The gearing is so proportioned that during one complete up and down stroke of the carriage F one revolution is given to the shutter C, and the pairs of feed rollers G, G and G2, G3 are turned to feed the web D the distance of the height of a picture, that is three-quarters of an inch. The guide rolls H, H', H2, H3 are driven from the shaft L5 by suitable gearings arranged as follows: On the upper end of the shaft L5 is secured a spiral gear Wheel P in mesh with a spiral gear wheel P. secured on a shaft l2'carrying a gear Wheel P in mesh `with a gear wheel H5 on the guide roll H, and in mesh with a gear Wheel Hu on the guide roll H. On the lower end of the shaft L5 is secured a spiral gear Wheel Q, in mesh with a similar gear wheel Q secured on a shaft Q2 carrying a gear Wheel Q5 in mesh' with a gear Wheel HT Qn the guide roll lla and in mesh with. a gear wheel H8 on the guide roll l`l2, so thatl when the feed roth-rs G, G, (l2, G and the guide rolls Il, ll and H2, il rotate in unison, a suffivbetween the feed rollers G2, G3

cient slack of the web or film D being had between the guide rolls H, H and the `feed rollers `G, G, G2, G3 and the guide rolls H2, H? to compensate fer the up and down movement pf the carriage F tions of the web D extending betweenthe guide rolls H, andthe feed rollers and that portion of the web which extends and the guide rolls H2, H2. lVhen the machine is running and a reciprocating motion is given to the carriage F and a rotating motion to the shutter C, as above explained, then the web or film D is bodily reciprocated with the carriage F and at the same time a'. continuous traveling motion is given to the web-or film. Now during the time that the two speeds are equal and op osite it'is evident` that the image on the we or film D, during the total exposure, remains in the same tion of the film, and durin thistime the opening C of the shutter is in register with the said opening A2, is taken or a projection is made of a picture onto a screen. During the down strokeof the carriage F the opening A2 the shutter C, and the next following portion of the web or film D is carried downward in register with the opening A2 to` permit of taking a second pictureor projecting such picture on the upstroke of the carriagp F. From the foregoing it will be seen that although a continuous travelingmotion is' given tothe web or i'ilm D, each -picture is in register with the opening A2 during u, portion of the upstroke of the carriage F and While the opening A2 is in register with the opening C of the shutter C.

Vhen the mechanism is applied to ai camera for takin pictures in series, the web D is sensitized or obtaining proper exposures, and when the a projecting-machine the Web with a. series of pictures thereon is fed past the opening l. 2 for projecting the pictures onto the screen. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent .1. A Web-feedin a carriage mounte vided with friction rollers, revoluble cams engaging thel said friction rollers for im-` parting a reciprocating motion tothe said carriage, pairs of feed rollers mounted on the said carriage for imparting a continuous traveling motion to the web, means forimparting motion to the said cams and feed rollers, a set of guide rollers independent of the said cafrriage for directing the web to onepair of feed rollers, `and a second set 0f guide rollers independent of the said carmechanism, comprising riage and receiving the web from the otherA pair of feed rollers. j

and between the feed rollers so that the imageto reciprocate and proporis Closed. by

feeding mechanism is used in 70 Without straining theI por- 2. Inv combination, an optical apparatus having an eXposureopening, a guideway for the'passage of the Web past the said eXposure opening, a. revoluble shutter controlling the said opening, a carriage mounted to reciprocate, pairs of -feed rollers mounted on the` said carriage for continuously feeding the Web along the said guideWays and f rocating carriage, revoluble cams for operating the carriage, a pair of Afeed rollers mounted in each end of the carriage, and means for; operating each pair of feed rollers.

4. In a Web feedingmech nism, a frame, a reciprocating carriage ounted inv the frame, revoluble cams for operating the carriage, a pair of feed rollers mounted in each end of the carriage, means for operating each pair of feed rollers, a pair of guide rollers at the top and bottom of the frame, and means for operating the guide rollers.

5. In a web feeding mechanism, a reciprocating carriage, revoluble cams for operating the carriage, a pair of feed rollers mounted in each end of the carriage, the rollers of each pair of rollers beinggeared together, and gearing for operating one roller of each pair of rollers.

6. In a Web feeding mechanism, a reciprocating carriage, means for operating the carriage, a pair of feed rollers mounted in each end of the carriage, the `rollers of each pair of rollers being geared together, a gear Wheel on the shaft of one feed roller of each pair of feed rollers, a revoluble shaft, and gear Wheels mounted to slide on said shaft and meshing with the gear wheels of the feed rollers.

7. In a Web feeding mechanism, a frame, a reciprocating carriage mounted in the frame, means for operating the-carriage, a pair of feed rollers mounted in each end of the carriage, the rollers of each pair of rollers being geared together, a shaft, means for operating each pair of feed rollers from the said shaft, a pair of guide rollers at the top andbottom of the frame, and means for operating the the said shaft.

8. In a Web feeding mechanism, a reciprocating carriage, a pair of feed rollers mounted in each end of the carriage, a revoluble shutter, a driven shaft, and means for operating the4 carriage, each pair of pairs of guide rollers from.

feed rollers and the shutter from said shaft. y

9. In a web feeding mechanism, a reciprocating carriage, a pair of feed rollers mounted in each endl of the carriage, a driven shaft, means for operating the carriage and each pair of feed rollers from the said shaft, 'a revoluble shutter, a horizontal shaft operated from the driven shaft, and a vertical shaft geared with the horizontal shaft and the shutter.

In testimon)T whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN uam. i

lVitnesses:

THEO. G. Hos'rER, PHILIP LD. ROLLHAUS. 

